Stovepipe-fastener.



A. SCHUCH.

STOVEPIPE FASTENER, APPLICATHIN FILED MN.9. I918.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

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ANTHONY SCHU'CH, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

STOVEPIPE-FASTENER.

Specification of Iietters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

Application filed January 9, 1918. Serial No. 211,067.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ANTHONY SoHUoir, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe-Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stove pipefasteners.

It is.customary in building fiues to place sheet metal thimbles in thechimneys for receiving the stove pipe. It frequently happens that thestove pipe is pulled out into the room which is not only dangerous butgenerally results in the deposit of soil and soot on the wallsand floor.I propose to provide means for fastening the stove pipe in the thimbleand eliminate this trouble.

In carrying out the invention a member is provided and secured in thethimble so as to receive the end of the stove pipe. Means is providedfor fastening the stove pipe in conjunction with the said member wherebyit cannot be removed from the thimble until the fastening is disengaged.It is proposed to arrange the parts so that they may be concealed by theusual ornamental collar surrounding the pipe at the thimble.

In a more specific embodiment of the invention an elongated adjustableclamping member is provided and fastened in the thimble. The member isprovided with a stop for receiving the end of the stove pipe andlimiting the distance to which it may be inserted in the thimble. Afastening device is mounted on the member and engages the stove pipe soas to lock it in the thimble.

This invention will be more readily understood from a reading of thefollowing specification and by reference to the accompanying drawings,in which an example of the invention is illustrated, and wherein Figure1 is a sectional view of a thimble and component parts showing a stovepipe fastened therein in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastening device,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, and

Fig. 4 is a detail of a slight modification.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a chimney to the flue and 3 isthe sheet metal thimble which projects slightly into the flue, but hasits front end flush with the face of the chimney. For fastening thestove pipe I provide an elongated member comprising a base portion 4with an integral shank 5 extending from its rear end and a dependingclamping lug 6 bent downward at right angles from its front end, saidlug having spurs 7 on its inner face. The rear end of the shank 5 isprovided with a transverse slot 8 and an offset end 9 having anupstanding stud 10. An elongated extension hookll is slidable throughthe slot 8 and is provided with a plurality of closely spaced transverseslots 12 located to receive the stud 10. At its outer or rear end thehook has a lip 13 adapted to engage over theinner or rear end of thethimble 3. Due to the offset 9 the hook is movable in a plane paralleltothe parts 4; and 5 and thereunder. A loop 1A embraces the parts 5 and11 and holds them in contact. When it is desired to extend or retractthe hook 11 the loop 14: is slid to the offset portion 9 as shown indotted lines in Fig. 3 and at which position it co-acts with the slot 8in permitting the hook to be swung upward and disengaged from the stud10 whereby it may be adjusted. After the hook has been adjusted it isswung down so that the stud 10 enters one of its slots 12 after whichthe loop is displaced to fasten the parts in position.

The device is placed in the thimble so that the lip 13 engages over therear end of the thimble and the lug 6 depends over the face of thechimney. The lug is fastened by driving the spurs into the said face bymeans of a hammer or other tool. On the base 4 a plate 15 is fastened atone end by cars 15' passed up through the plate and bent down upon thesame, the front portion of the plate being free. A stop 16 is struck upfrom the plate as shown. A wedge shaped lever 17 is pivoted to the basejust under one of the front corners of the plate and has the dependingfinger grip 18. A boss 19 is struck up from the plate near its frontend. i

As shown in Fig. 1 the stove pipe A is inserted in the thimble until itsrear edge engages under and is arrested by the stop 16. Before the stovepipe is inserted it is provided with a small opening B positioned toreceive the boss 19. At the time the pipe is inserted the lever 17 iswithdrawn and swung to one side as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Thispermits the plate to lie by the plate 15 is displaced upward which Icauses the boss to enter the opening B. It

will be seen that the pipe A is thus locked in the thimble and cannot bemoved either inward or outward. The usual ornamental collar C is placedon the pipe A and completely conceals the exposed-parts of the device.In Fig. 4: the hook 11 has a downturned lug 20 instead of the lip 13 foruse in chimneys where the thimble does not project into the flue. Thelug 20 carries spurs 21 which bite into the wall of the flue.

Then it is desired to remove the stove pipe the lever 17 is withdrawn bymeans of the grip 18 and then by inserting a screwdriver or other fiattool between the plate 15 and the stove pipe said plate may be sprungdown to withdraw the boss from the opening B and with the parts held inthis position the pipe may be withdrawn.

The foregoing description and illustration clearly express theinvention, but it is to be understood that said illustration is Copiesof this patent may be obtained for merely an exemplifioation and theinvention may be carried out in various other ways.

hat I claim, is;

1. In a stove pipe fastening device, a base member constructed to engagein a chimney thimble and having adjustable clamping means, a fixed stopmounted on the base, a plate movably mounted on the base and carrying a.stove pipe locking boss, and a wedge shaped lever swinging between theplate and the base for displacing the former.

2. In a device for fastening stove pipes in chimney thimbles, a basehaving a clamp ing lug, a 'shank extending from the base and having anoffset slotted portion, a stud carried by the shank, an extension hookslidable through the'slotted' portion of the shank and having openingsreceiving the stud, a clamping member mounted on the base, a stop on theclamping member, an upstandingboss on the clamping member, and a Wedgeshaped lever pivoted between, the base and the said member. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ANTHONY SGHUOH.

Washington, D. C.

